Saturday's Headlines: Justice Department, Democrats brace for fight over access to Mueller report

Guaidó and supporters prepare to defy Maduro's blockade of aid; U.S. aid piles up on border as crisis over its delivery looms; Trump, in risky gambit, ratchets up pressure on...

Democracy Dies in Darkness     The morning's most important stories, selected by Post editors   Justice Department, Democrats brace for fight over access to Mueller report Justice Department officials have worried that they will have a weak argument for withholding materials, given how much information was turned over to Congress after the FBI's investigation into Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server. By Devlin Barrett and Karoun Demirjian  •  Read more » Guaidó and supporters prepare to defy Maduro's blockade of aid Volunteers and opposition leaders said they'll use vans, trucks and human chains if necessary to bring goods across the Colombia-Venezuela border. By Anthony Faiola, Dylan Baddour and Mariana Zuñiga  •   Read more »   U.S. aid piles up on border as crisis over its delivery looms Thousands of volunteers are ready to ferry food and medicine into the country, but the Maduro government has vowed to block it. By Carol Morello  •   Read more »   Trump, in risky gambit, ratchets up pressure on Venezuela as tensions flare at the border President Trump risks looking weak or ineffective if the Maduro regime survives in the face of U.S. opposition. By Anne Gearan and Carol Morello  •   Read more »   Trump announces nomination of Kelly Knight Craft to be ambassador to United Nations The current ambassador to Canada would succeed Nikki Haley, who left her post at the United Nations at the end of last year. By Philip Rucker and Anne Gearan  •   Read more »   Perspective Doggy massages and canine quiche: A reporter unleashed among Japan's pampered pooches Bringing a dog to Japan is a cultural experience all of its own. Pets live large from Paris to Portland, but this is a country that takes dog ownership to another level. By Simon Denyer  •   Read more »   Grand jury looking into whether ex-interior secretary Ryan Zinke lied to investigators The closed-door deliberations are focused on Zinke's decision not to grant a petition by two Indian tribes to operate a commercial casino in Connecticut, according to two people briefed on the matter. By Juliet Eilperin and Lisa Rein  •   Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT Opinions   Kamala Harris's record and character matter — not the race of her father and husband By Colbert King  •   Read more »   Time for Democrats to stare down Trump's red scare By Ronald Klain  •   Read more »   Goodbye, Peter Tork. The Monkees made believers of us all. By Probyn Gregory  •   Read more »   Is this the end of political parties? By Anne Applebaum  •   Read more »   How to bring hostages home? There's no simple answer. By Jason Rezaian  •   Read more »   The Trump administration reverses on a major strategic blunder in Syria By Editorial Board  •   Read more » ADVERTISEMENT More News   Questions surround Labor Secretary Acosta after court ruling on 2008 prosecution of molester A federal judge said prosecutors led by Alexander Acosta broke the law 11 years ago by concealing an unusually lenient plea deal with a billionaire sex offender. But experts are split on whether Acosta should be forced out of his current position. By Danielle Paquette  •  Read more »     Less than 2 years after speaking out against Space Force, she's building it Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson saw the idea of a "Space Corps" as a bureaucratic waste of resources back in 2017. Now that it will be under her oversight instead of a separate branch of the military, she's all for a Space Force. By Dan Lamothe  •   Read more »   Elizabeth Warren opens door to reparations for Native Americans The U.S. senator is among four Democratic presidential hopefuls supporting reparations for African Americans. By Annie Linskey  •   Read more »   When Trump declared national emergency, most detained immigrants were not criminals Immigration and Customs Enforcement statistics show that less than a week before the president's declaration, nearly 63 percent of the detainees in ICE jails had not been convicted of any crime. By Maria Sacchetti  •   Read more »   Patriots owner Robert Kraft has been charged with soliciting prostitution in Florida. Police say there is video evidence. A Kraft spokesperson denied the allegations against the 77-year-old billionaire, whose New England team won the Super Bowl earlier this month. By Will Hobson and Mark Maske  •   Read more »   'I think it's a shame': Trump speaks on Coast Guard officer accused of planning attacks Lt. Christopher P. Hasson, a self-identified white nationalist, is accused of plotting to attack Democratic politicians and journalists. President Trump said his own rhetoric is not to blame. "I think my language is very nice," Trump said. By Philip Rucker  •   Read more »   Post Reports | Listen Now The teenagers trying to save the world Anne Gearan on the Trump administration's aid dilemma in Venezuela. Sarah Kaplan on the kids who are done waiting on adults to address climate change. And Emily Yahr on the mess that is this year's Oscars. By The Washington Post  •   Read more »   Perspective Bryce Harper and Scott Boras will have the least satisfying nine-figure deal ever In shopping Harper's services around baseball, Boras has done one of the worst jobs of any agent in misjudging the free agent market, leading his client into a box canyon — and finding no way out. By Thomas M. 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